Some F1 Facts

* F1 car is made up of 80,000 components, if it were assembled 99.9% correctly, it would still start the race with 80 things wrong!

* When an F1 driver hits the brakes on his car he experiences retardation or deceleration comparable to a regular car driving through a BRICK wall at 300kmph!!!

* F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kph AND back to 0 in FOUR seconds!!!!!!!


* F1 car engines last only for about 2 hours of racing mostly before blowing up on the other hand we expect our engines to last us for a decent 20yrs on an average and they quite faithfully DO....that's the extent to which the engines r pushed to perform...


* An average F1 driver looses about 4kgs of weight after just one race due to the prolonged exposure to high G forces and temperatures for little over an hour (Yeah that's right!!!)


* At 550kg a F1 car is less than half the weight of a Mini.


* To give you an idea of just how important aerodynamic design and added down force can be, small planes can take off at slower speeds than F1 cars travel on the track.


* Without aerodynamic down force, high-performance racing cars have sufficient power to produce wheel spin and loss of control at 160 kph. They usually race at over 300 kph.


* In a street course race like the Monaco grand prix, the down force provides enough suction to lift manhole covers. Before the race all of the manhole covers on the streets have to be welded down to prevent this from happening!


* The refuelers used in F1 can supply 12 liters of fuel per second. This means it would take just 4 seconds to fill the tank of an average 50 liter family car. They use the same refueling rigs used on US military helicopters today.


* TOP F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3 seconds. It took me 8 sec to read above point


* During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about 0.5 kg in weight due to wear.

* Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing tyres are designed to last 90 - 120 km.

* A dry-weather F1 tyre reaches peak operating performance (best grip) when tread temperature is between 900C and 1200C.(Water boils boils at 100C remember) At top speed, F1 tyres rotate 50 times a second.

And that's not Magic…. Its only the Power of Human Imagination…

Courtesy: Naga

Happy Days Review!!!

For people who are wondering, what is "Happy Days", its a youthful telugu movie worth commenting on, as it will touch every ex-college student.
I was not that interested to watch this movie, but by chance went to the theater. To my surprise the movie was full. but we managed 10 INR tickets, get set to watch the movie from the third row.

The movie doesn't have any special story as such. Happy days means that your college days are your most happy days. The movie starts with the freshers welcome and ends on the farewell.
The movie was so much fun to watch, just because it made me remember most of my college days.
The same well known dialogue, "You mighty mighty senior, me dirty dirty junior, May sir I sir please sir know sir your sir name sir sir sir". And yeah our Tek Salute too was there. And thirdly, the assignments were written for the seniors.

Next, it was formation of gangs in a class. One character portrayed to be selfish than friendly. One, who is a son of MLA, one normal guy who has to listen to his dad's lecture everyday. And yeah, their counterparts in girls.
I personally liked a person named Tyson. He on his first day would ask a senior, about the seniors own girl friend.
Let me not elaborate more than this, even though there is nothing much to elaborate.
If you are fresh out of college and if you miss your college life, just go for this movie and relinquish your college days which are far from rewindable now.
After watching this movie, you will surely appreciate the title as it makes a lot of sense and to prove it, ask yourself.
PS: Prakash Raj has got the rights for this movie in Tamil.

APJ Abdul Kalam - What a Leader!

There are so many resons for me to be proud of being an Indian. One of them is to have a leader like Dr APJ Kalam. He is the perfect example of how a leader should be. His vision, goals and thoughts are so motivating. He always makes sure he is not a politician, but one among us.

Some lines from his famous speech in Hyderabad.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalaam's speech in Hyderabad
"I have three visions for India. In 3000 years of our history, people from all over the world have come and invaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds. From Alexander onwards, The Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British, the French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over what was ours. Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and Tried to enforce our way of life on them. Why? Because we respect the freedom of others.

That is why my first vision is that of FREEDOM. I believe that India got its first vision of this in 1857, when we started the war of Independence. It is this freedom that we must protect and nurture and build on. If we are not free, no one will respect us.
My second vision for India's DEVELOPMENT, For fifty years we have been A developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation. We are among top 5 nations of the world in terms of GDP. We have 10 percent growth rate in most areas. Our poverty levels are falling. Our achievements are being globally recognized today. Yet we lack the self-confidence to see ourselves as a developed nation, self-reliant and self-assured. Isn't this incorrect?

I have a THIRD vision. India must stand up to the world. Because I believe that, unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. Only strength respects strength. We must be strong not only as a military power but also as an economic power. Both must go hand-in-hand. My good fortune was to have worked with three great minds. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai of the Dept. of space, Professor Satish Dhawan, who succeeded him and Dr.Brahm Prakash, father of nuclear material. I was lucky to have worked with all three of them closely and consider this the great opportunity of my life.I see four milestones in my career:

For the full speech please click here.

It is worth reading many times.

Salutations to our best ever Indian President. We will make your dreams come true because we too are having the same dream. And as you said, You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Jai hind!!!

European Grandprix 2007.

The European grandprix last sunday was a dramatic event, with so many incidents happening all around the track, during the entire span of the race.
Some of the action and trauma:

1. Hamilton crashes in qualifiers.
2. Raikonen's Ferrari crawls to a halt in a stage where he was driving great.
3. Markus Winkelhock making his debut for Spyker-Ferrari had the wet tyres before the start of the race and during the rain time when everyone were in pits to change tyres, this guy was leading the race for almost 2 laps, until the safety cars arrived. What a momemt for a spyker driver making his debut and still manages to lead the race for 2 laps.
4. Kimi going into pits to change wet tyres, but suddenly comes out and continues the race. He was actually was giving way for Massa to change tyres as they were very close to each other. Kimi would have wasted nearly 5-6 seconds in that.
5. A series of clashes, and the only person to slightly escape was Hamilton during rain.
6. The best moment came in the last 10 laps when the rain God made it clear to the Ferrari team they are not going to win. Fernando Alonso was nearly 6 seconds behind Massa, but overtook him after a heart-pounding chase. What a great sight it was. To provide you with the same pleasure, here is the video of Alonso overtaking Massa.





7. After the race Massa had lots to talk about Alonso, obviously he felt it was unacceptable for Alonso to overtake him so closely. but as far as Alonso was concerned, he had it. Fernando Alonso, The European Grand Prix Winner.

Goran Ivanisevic...

I like watching international Tennis mathces very much. Tennis is a great sport which encapsulates a person's capability to show aggression and to stay cool. And whenever I think of Tennis, the first name that comes to my mind is Goran Ivanisevic ( why not Federer? ;-) ). I am a die hard fan of Ivanisevic, right from the day I started watching Tennis.

His 2001 Winbledon campaign was too memorable. Anybody in this world who knows about tennis will know this guy, for his great serves. He has a great service and I have seen many matches where he has taken a game with four aces in a row. Goran, along with his serve is a masterpeice, though his game is not extraordinary. He is very active on-court and does lots of things that people usually do off-court.Here is a sample video of what happened in a match between Goran and Rafter.

Sivaji - My Personal Review

Finally "The BOSS" hit the screens. Its a pity every movie gets dubbed in telugu. Sivaji released across 40 theatres in Hyderabad amongst which there was just one show at 8:45Am in just one theatre. What a pity...
I booked the ticket and was off for the show on Tuesday(5th day). The first time I wathced the movie, I felt something was missing. May be I was'nt in a good mood as I had bunked the training and was thinking of what the trainer is going to say.
I had booked again on Sunday to wathc the movie with my parents in the same theatre, and this time Sivaji Rocked.
For people who said the story was not strong, I wanted to ask what was wrong with the story. It was a good theme, with great screenply, with enough Rajni comedy and action. I want just one thing out of a Rajni movie "ENTERTAINMENT", 3 hours just flew both the times I saw the movie.
Superstart was looking stunning, and of course was Shriya Saran.
The only thing I felt is there is no need to spend so much for thalaivar's songs. Its enough if he is present in the song, adhu podhum. Set, location ellam no need. But, hats off to Athiradee and Oru koodai sunlight visuals. Vaaji vaaji also was very good.
And I have no words to describe the second half.
Here is a small conversation between Rajni and Suman in tea kadai:
suman's assistant : aiyaa ungala koopduraaru.
rajini : ungoyyaava ingey vara sollu.
rajini : goyyaa.ukaarunga.unoda books,hard disk,documents,panam, pinaami per la sothu,etc nu kanakula kaataama 200 crores black money iruku.
suman : adhuku enna ipo
rajini : bajji saapdu. saapdunga sir
rajini : enaku adhula paadhi venum..... aaah bajji la illai.andha 200 kodi la
suman : apdi illainaa
rajini : motha panamum income tax office kulla poidum. akkada choodu. remo maamaa.polaaam right.........hold on...un 200 kodiyum muzhusaa nakkitu poidum. cease,penalty,interest nu arrest variakum pogum... potu koduthadhuku enaku 10% 20 kodi reward kidaikum.epdi paathalum en business success dhan.
suman : velu, commisioner ku phone podu.
rajini : aadhi. nee onnum comedy kemedy pannaliye. adhu karupu panam chellam.complaint koduka mudiyadhu.thirudanuku thel kotnaa madhiri pothinu irukanum.
suman : nee thani aalu.en kaila govt eh iruku
rajini : en kaila un kudumiye iruku.... repeatu.......hold on... andha 100 kodi piraanji vai.engey epo vaangikurenu adutha phone la solren.tea saapdu.. thalaivaa evlo aachu
tea kadai payan : 20 rubaa anney
rajini : aadhi.pay pannidu.andha 100 kodi la kazhichukalaam


vaadaa vaadaa vaangikoda vaaila beeda potukodaa...............


WOW!!!, too good and only Rajni can do this...
A speacial mention to Suman for his good performance..."Adhiseshan na pottu vechitu pongal saapadravannu nenachiya" was his best one liner.
And yes, finally, "THE BOSS, MOTTA BOSS" was the best part, Rajni's style ans ARR's rap for motta rajni was more than enough to satisfy everyone.
Last but not least, my parents enjoyed the moive so much and they were happy after watching a movie in theatre after 2 years( last one was chandramukhi ).
Thats the power of superstar, he will make everyone go for his movie and enjoy it.
Am sorry to say this but have to as a fan of superstar, People who say the movie is not good and there is no story(including me whne I saw first time), Go to hell and don't be beaten up by a Rajni fan, due to your jealously towards his fame.

The Maestro

This was in draft for a long time, posting it only now. Then too, its worth it.
A week back, I watched "Cheeni Kum", a movie containign a seven song album from the maestro Ilayaraja. He cannot get more beter. what wonderful songs and a perfect selection of asking "Shreya" to use her voice box. Am just overwhelmed and the feel of listening to the songs make me happy. People who can make others happy are Gods like our super star. Ilayaraja is definitely one of them.
The best number from the album, Baatein Hawa, is posted